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Episode #170 – Celebrating Jon Lord – The Composer

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Lead up to the Album:

  • In the liner notes Paul Mann describes Jon Lord having his earliest musical experiences at De Montfort Hall in his hometown of Leicester listening to concerts by the Halle Orchestra and Sir John Barbirolli.
  • In his later years he saw Buddy Holly at the same location and the melding of both genres was already in his mind.
  • JAcky Paice and the Sunflower Jam team set out to assemble as many of the musicians Jon Lord had played with and come up with a programme that could honor him in the best way possible.
  • The Royal Albert Hall was picked as the obvious location where Jon Lord had debuted his Concerto For Group and Orchestra 45 years earlier
  • He had also had one of his last performances at the same venue about a year before passing away.
  • Mann tells the story of meeting Jon Lord there and walking around to find the entrance.  A woman stopped Jon and based on his appearance asked if he was playing there that evening (Eric Clapton was scheduled to play).  He said no and she said “Ah well, never mind – stick at it and you might get to play here one day.”
  • For the concert they assembled the 83-piece Orion Orchestra.
  • Deep Purple was obviously billed to play and they were able to get all the performers to play for free so they could donate the proceeds to The Jon Lord Fellowship.

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  1. Fantasia
  2. Durham Awakes
    • From The Durham Concerto which was written for the 175th anniversary of the University of Durham.
    • This is the second of six movements from the concerto.
    • The piece combines the Northumbrrian pipes with Lord’s Hammond organ.
    • The ending of the movement is inspired by Sir Malcolm Arnold, the conductor of Concerto for Group and Orchestra and also one of Lord’s favorite composers.
    • Cello – Matthew Barley
    • Northumbrian Pipes – Kathryn Tickell
    • Orchestra – The Orion Orchestra
    • Organ [Hammond] – Nigel Hopkins
    • Violin – Jacqueline Martens
  3. All Those Years Ago
    • Steve Balsamo
      1. A close friend of John’s who he’d worked with.
      2. Balsamo: “Jon called me one day and said, ‘I have and idea for a song and I want to call it All Those Years Ago. Come over to the house for a few days, dear boy, and we’ll have a bash.”
      3. Balsamo says the song is about the passive of time, the fearlessness of youth and looking back.
    • Micky Moody
    • Guitar, Soloist – Micky Moody
    • Orchestra – The Orion Orchestra
    • Piano – Nigel Hopkins
    • Violin – Anna Phoebe
    • Vocals, Soloist – Steve Balsamo
  4. Pictured Within
    • Miller Anderson
    • This was the title track of Jon’s album by the same name.
    • The quotes are variations from Elgar’s “Nimrod” to open each verse.
    • The piece was written in the late 90s after both of Jon’s parents passed away.
    • It was used during the Concerto Tour of 2000-1.
    • The song was also played at Jon’s funeral.
    • On those occasions it was sung by the man who it was written for: Miller Anderson.
    • Cello, Soloist – Matthew Barley
    • Orchestra – The Orion Orchestra
    • Percussion – Mario Argandoña
    • Piano – Nigel Hopkins
    • Vocals, Soloist – Miller Anderson
  5. Sarabande
  6. One From The Meadow
  7. Bouree
  8. Afterwards
    • Jeremy Irons
    • Paul Mann
    • Jon Lord often accompanied his friend Sir John Mortimer when they would have actors and musicians pair up to read poetry with music playing behind it.
    • One poem featured was “Afterwards” by Thomas Hardy.  Jon improved piano b=behind it.  Parts of this eventually found their place into Jon’s “To Notice Such Things.”
    • Orchestra – The Orion Orchestra
    • Piano – Paul Mann (5)
    • Vocals [Speaker] – Jeremy Irons

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Episode #169 – Zephyr – Going Back to Colorado

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  • David Givens met Jimmy Page in Boston when they were opening for Led Zeppelin.  Page recommended seeking out Eddie Kramer. Givens called Kramer when they were in New York and dropped Jimmy Page’s name so Kramer told him to come to the studio.
  • They were in the middle of building Electric Ladyland when they arrived and Givens described Kramer crawling around among wires when they walked in.
  • Kramer went to see the band when they were back in Boulder and liked what they did so agreed to produce the album.
  • They were on ABC’s label at the time and the president wanted them to go with Bill Szymczyk to produce. He said that Kramer was hyped up and got too much credit for Hendrix’s success.
  • Givens didn’t agree and they were dropped by their label as a result.

Core Band:

  • Bass – David Givens
  • Drums – Bobby Berge
    • Johnnie Bolin: “Robbie Chamberlin–Tommy never did like him. He got rid of him, and that’s when he got Bobby Berge.”
    • David Givens: “Tommy said, ‘I know this guy from South Dakota, Bobby Berge.’ So we brought Bobby out. Bobby was this really weird, un-hip, backward guy. He had a really domineering wife. HE was a really sweet guy, but we picked on him.”
    • David describes the band as “sort of snotty hippies” and says that Bobby really didn’t fit in. He said Robbie was very hard to get along with.  Robbie’s feelings toward Tommy were mutual.  Robbie thought tommy was arrogant, and Tommy thought Robbie was stuck up and a stickin the mud.  David says, “They were both right.”
    • Bobby said Tommy’s playing on the first Zephyr album blew him away so he was excited to join the band.
  • Organ, Piano, Soprano Saxophone, Flute – John Faris
  • Piano [Occasional], Clavinet, Percussion – Eddie Kramer
  • Piano, Vocals, Harmonica – Candy Givens
  • Steel Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Twelve-String Guitar, Vibraphone [Vibes] – Tommy Bolin

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  • Cover – Ed Thrasher
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Thrasher
    • Stared his career as an art director with Capitol Records.
    • Then moved to Warner Bros. where he worked from 1964 thgrough 1979.
    • HE worked on hundreds of projects including Jimi Hendrix’s “Are You Experienced?” and Doobie Brothers “Toulouse Street.”
    • He continued to work through the 80’s and did the poster and artwork for Prince’s “Purple Rain.”
    • Also worked on art for Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., Dean Martin, and many more.
    • Sadly he passed away in 2006.

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  1. Going Back To Colorado (C. Givens, Tesar, Bolin)
  2. Miss Libertine (C. Givens, D. Givens)
    • Backing vocals by David Givens
  3. Night Fades Softly (D. Givens)
  4. The Radio Song (D. Givens)
  5. See My People Come Together (Bolin)
    • Tommy played his guitar through a Leslie for this song and “Showbizzy.”
    • Givens says this is one of the few songs they’d worked out and played live before recording.
    • Tommy created the outline of the song, David worked on the arrangement, and Candy reworked the words.
    • Givens says Tommy’s solo was the first or second take.

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  1. Showbizzy (Bolin)
    • Was recorded in Studio B with the guys from Lothar and the Hand People helping them.  Givens describes it as “sort of self-produced.”
  2. Keep Me (Tesar, Bolin)
  3. Take My Love (Faris)
  4. I’ll Be Right Here (Tesar, Bolin)
  5. At This Very Moment (C. Givens)

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Reception and Charts:

  • Despite working with Eddie Kramer and the trajectory it looked like the band was taking, the album was not a success commercially.
  • Eddie Kramer: “I only knew [Tommy] for a very short period of time, which was the Zephyr album – one of the first albums he ever did. I remember they said, “You’ve got to hear our guitar player, he really loves Jimi,” as a lot of guitar players do. I thought he was a really good guitar player.
  • Eddie goes on to say the album went fairly well but he remembers there was some difficulty with some of the songs not being as well formed as they could have been.
  • Eddie says Zephyr opened up for Jethro Tull and he got up on the stage with the band, the first time he ever did and was terrified.  He played keyboard but said he’d never do it again and he felt more comfortable on the “other side of the glass.”
  • David Givens said that the day Hedrix died [September 28, 1970] Eddie called to say, “We won’t be recording today – Jimi’s dead.”
  • Givens was the one who told Tommy Jimi had died and he was in shock.  They were about to meet him.
  • Not sure how this ties into the story of Tommy having Jimi’s ring.
  • Also, the famous story of Tommy telling someone that Jimi Hendrix did drugs as an excuse for his drug use.
  • David says they went into the studio wanting to play some of Jimi’s tunes as a sort of tribute.  When they went in Jimi’s black strat was there and Tommy picked it up and they played “Hey Joe” and “Foxy Lady.”  They were kicked out by one of the engineers.
  • Kramer says the loss of Jimi and knowing his career was in turmoil was a lot to try to keep things going so he doesn’t have much of a memory of doing the Zephyr album.  Things would turn out soon after that when he began producing for Carly Simon.
  • David Givens said that the record was “a mess” because Kramer was very distracted after Jimi’s death.  He became preoccupied with working on “Cry of Love” an album of songs Jimi was working on at the time of his death.  Hendrix had been very involved in the mixing and Givens said they were even asking them for help.  He remembers one of the songs was “Belly Button Window.”
  • Givens says Bolin and Berge were playing more abstractly at this point and he said that he wanted their music to be more accessible.
  • Karen Ulibarri said that at this point Candy was just wailing and Tommy was trying to get in as many licks as possible to get people to hear them.   Karen described the band’s style as “very unsophisticated–as far as performing and as far as recording was.”
  • Berge says that David and Candy wanted Robbie back in the band and Tommy didn’t want to play with Robbie and that’s the main reason for the breakup.
  • The album came out in early 1971 and by summer time they had broken up.  They only played a few shows in support of the album but David Givens said “The fun was gone.”
  • Givens said they had high hopes for the album but that it never got finished as far as vocals and guitars and it was “half-assed from top to bottom.”  They even had a friend take the pics that ended up in the album.
  • Billboard review in February 1971:
    • Going Back to Colorado gets this new rock group off to a breezy start. The quintet (David and Candy Givens, Bobby Berge, Tommy Bolin, and John Faris) has a lot on the ball and they show it off well in songs like “See My People Come Together”, “Miss Libertine”, “Take My Love” and “The Radio Song.”
  • Cash Box review in February 1971:
    • It shows they’ve come a long way since first appearing on the recording scene . . . (Candy Givens) has, at last, learned how to harness the intense power of her voice. The group’s writing has improve considerably also . . . Tommy Bolin is now writing excellent songs.
  • David Givens on Candy Givens:
    • “I understand why people don’t like her at all if all they ever heard was that first record, or even “Going Back to Colorado.” Early on-and particularly the first record, because they’re all ‘take 500’–she sounds really stupid and over-amped. She was in some ways ‘the female equivalent of Robert Plant’ in the beginning. If you listen to ‘Sunset Ride’–the Zephyr album we made after Tommy–you can hear that she can actually sing beautifully.
  • Tommy left Zephyr shortly thereafter where he formed the band Energy with Bobby Berge, Jeff Cook, Stanley Sheldon, and Tom Stephenson.

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Episode #168 – Accidentally on Purpose (Bonus Material)

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  • Cayman Island – 3:56
  • The Purple People Eater (Sheb Wooley) – 2:36
    •  reached No. 1 in the Billboard pop charts in 1958 from June 9 to July 14, No. 1 in Canada,[3] reached No. 12 overall in the UK Singles Chart, and topped the Australian chart.
    • “The Purple People Eater” tells how a strange creature (described as a “one-eyed, one-horned, flying, purple people eater”) descends to Earth because it wants to be in a rock ‘n’ roll band. The premise of the song came from a joke told by the child of a friend of Wooley’s; Wooley finished composing it within an hour.[4]
    • The song establishes that the creature eats purple people, but not whether or not it is itself purple:
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Episode #167 – Gillan – Future Shock

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1981 Future Shock – Gillan (L.P Alemania Virgin Records 203 596)

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  • Illustration – Alan Daniels (2)
    • Also did album covers for Girlschool
  • Illustration – Angus McKie
    • Did album covers for Vangelis and others
  • Painting [Cover] – Alan Daniels (2)
  • Photography By [Main Photos] – Gavin Cochrane
    • Photography for Sparks, Pretenders, Stray Cats, The Who, Men Without Hats, and more.
  • Gillan: “I realise that a lot of people think the album cover is rubbish. It was certainly a bit strange. But some of the photos inside were amazing. Future Shock came in a gatefold sleeve, and it was a great visual production effort by all concerned.”
  • Title based on book by same name by Alvin Toffler:
    • “Future Shock” is the term Toffler gave to the trauma that happens as a result of going through great changes in a short time.In his book he explores how people can adapt to the changes they face, and while doing that he establishes a new social norm: embracing change.
  • Gillan, later in a 2017 YouTube video: “Now this is an amazing cover. Portraits of the band, candid shots mixed with a lot of photographs from Young Artists agency that we decided were compatible with the title, ‘Future Shock.’” Well that’s the interesting part I think there . . .bit of a rebellion wnet on when everyone saw the picture because it sort of supposed to be I don’t know what . .. it makes it a little bit weird anyway . . . titled nicked from a book by Alvin Toffler at the time which was full of how exciting the future might be.”
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    • Record Business – 11.8.80
      • It’s almost a relief to hear bands like Gillan.
    • Huddersfield Daily Examiner – 20.9.80
      • John changed from playing trumpet to guitar while at school. . . . He moved to London to continue successfully working in rock music, playing afro-jazz at Ronnie Scotts, touring world wided with Julie Felix and playing cello on a Beach Boys album.
    • Hull Daily Mail – Oct ‘80
      • As for Bernie Torme’s guitar solo we all know that HEndrix did it with feedback, but, as the report says, it was “long ago” – too long ago for some of us to remember
    • Sounds – 9.8.80
      • . . . and on certain occasions Towns creams his colleagues into the ground.
    • Sounds – 4.2.78
      • Colin Towns (Keyboards/Vocals)
      • Coming from a diverse busical background which included jazz, R&R (including a stint with Chuck Berry), Country & Western Mr. Towns almost replaced Dave LAwson in a reformed version of Greenslade. LAwson was in fact originally offered the gig with IGB, but declined and gave them Colin’s number . . . 
      • The quietest member of the band, he has been known to more than occasionally go for walks sending the rest of the group into a state of freznsy, only to re-appear just in time for a gig.
    • Virgin Release Sheet
      • Ian was presented with the aforementioned cake onstage at the end of the Friars gig, with the immortal words, “There’s only one place for this,” Gillan promptly heaved the lovingly prepared oj=bject straight onto the bald pate of one John MCCoy, the Gillan band’s odd looking bass player, Aaah, the carefree joys of yough, the fun those rock stars have etc . . ..
      • REmember Gillan is a Group.
    • Record Mirror – 16.8.80
      • BEsides it’s worth having just for the photo of John McCoy.
    • ‘Glory Road’ is ten songs where five men struggle to get worked up about piss-all . . . but there it is in the LP charts.
    • South Wales Argus – 18.10.80
      • If you’re looking for “Trouble” Cardiff Top Rank will be the right place this weekend.
    • The Oxford Times – 05.9.80
      • Before you could about “wally” he was back with his own band
    • Derby Evening Telegraph – 17.10.80
      • But when in five years time Gillan are international superstars, don’t let anybody say ‘I told you so.’ A child of three with his eyes shut couldn’t help but notice the talent they displayed at Derby Assembly Rooms on Saturday Night.
    • The Northern Echo – 25.9.80
      • Ian Gillan is 35, paunchy, dresses badly and sings worse. He ought to be a washed up has-been if ever there was one.
    • Bristol Evening Post = 7.10.80
      • Last night they showed they weren’t afraid of stretching the form beyond the head-banging format. They used colour, tone, skill and turned in some attractive, cheering music.
    • Colin Towns: “‘Breakdown’ (MCA) Young (or should that be old?) Colin has made seven albums with Gillan and out of his own with this shows he’s got a reasonable sense of dynamis to go with those semi restrained crazed vocal streams. HM’sanswer to Pop Group? Sure, Boris.
    • Bernie Torme looks like a reject Rolling Stone but is without doubt a guitarist of unique style and sound.
    • Towns, to his chagrins, isn’t about to become quite as rich as the perpetrators of “The STud” and “Saturday Night Fever.”
      • “I keep having thie word ‘prestige’ rammed own me throat,” he laments “I got very little money in the end. But I was pretty hard up before I did it anyway.”
    • New Music News – 16.6.80
      • Ian Gillan breaks new poetic ground by rhyming “ultrasonic” with “gin and tonic.”
    • Mail – 13.9.80
      • Guitarist Bernie Torme, who previously stly fronted his own band.
    • Melody Maker – 9.8.80
      • The rhythm squad of Mick Underwood and John McCoy neither of them spring chickens, set about shaking the glass from windows with a sturdy resilience.
    • Melody Maker – 30.8.80
      • There were more than 30,000 people out there, going crazy with Gillan’s parting gift.
    • Burnley Evening STar
      • Preston Guild Hall rocked to the rafters with an amazing show of affection for the governor.
    • Sheffield Star – 7.10.80
      • Mick Underwood was impressively solid behind the drums.
    • Evening Sentinel – 9.10.80
      • Torme laid his own stamp on the aged “Smoke on the Water,” using feedback brilliantly and introducing that foamous riff Hendrix fashion – with his teeth.
    • Melody Maker – 30.8.80
      • When they did eventually crash into the body of the song, the corwd made the turf tremble.
    • Evening Sentinel – 9..10.80
      • And that supreme example of The Great Poser, John McCoy on bass. He really is one of Life’s Great Uglies.
      • This quote is oddly paired up with a picture of Roger Glover from “Cornflakes and Crazy Foam.”
    • Glasgow Daily Record – 31.10.80
      • Someone aske dme the other day what I’d do with my next million and I told them I’d probably buy myself a new tent.”
    • Hull Daily Mail – 28.10.80
      • It is a pity the music did not quite match th occasion. It was too patchy, smothered in part by histrionics and self indulgence. Guitarist Bernie Torme launched into a too-long solo which was so hackneyed it quickly became boring. There is only so much that can be done with feedback, and anyway, Hendrix did it a long time ago.
    • LAncashire Evening Post – 6/10.80
      • They seemed to love it best when he dragged his guitar across the speaker sending the decibel needle soaring off the scale.
    • Ipswich Evening Star – 22.10.80
      • And guitar player Bernie Torme was really a treat to watch. He plays his Strat like a formula one racer drives is car-one hand on the gearstick; 

Other Releases:

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Album Tracks:

Side One:

  1. Future Shock (Gillan, McCoy, Tormé)
  2. Night Ride Out of Phoenix (Gillan, Towns)
  3. (The Ballad Of) The Lucitania Express (Gillan, McCoy, Tormé)
    • “Some of the tracks here, like Night Ride Out Of Phoenix and (The Ballad Of) The Lucitania Express, were based on actual incidents which happened to us on the road. I always like doing that sort of thing.
  4. No Laughing in HEaven (Gillan, McCoy, Tormé, Towns, Underwood)
    • “This is the one with No Laughing In Heaven, which is definitely my favourite Gillan track. It was really the start of me being publicly irreverent. It harked back to when I was 13 years old, asking questions at Sunday school like, ‘Father, what was the immaculate conception?’, and getting answers like, ‘You have to have faith in God, my son. Faith will guide you’. And I began to realise that I didn’t believe in religion, and that God didn’t create Man, it was the other way round. The idea of going to heaven was anathema to me. The last thing I want to do is be stuck in heaven with the sort of people I’d like to avoid! That’s where this song comes from.”
  5. Sacre Bleu (Gillan, McCoy, Tormé)
  6. New Orleans (Frank Guida, Joseph Royster) – Gary U.S. Bonds Cover
    • Simon Robinson in Stargazer #24:
      • This oldie (originally by Gary US Bonds) was sufficiently catchy to get the radio airplay, and became their most successful single to date. It’s ok I guess, though I’d have been happier to see MAD make it. The b-side (‘Take A Hold Of Yourself’) is nothing outstanding either, though it has yet more vocal experiments midway.
      • Gillan’s version or the song reached #17 on the UK Singles Chart.

Side Two:

  1. Bite the Bullet (Gillan, Towns)
  2. If I Sing Softly (Gillan, McCoy, Tormé)
  3. Don’t Want the Truth (Gillan, McCoy, Tormé)
  4. For Your Dreams (Gillan, Towns)

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Bustin’ Out The Spreadsheet

Reception and Charts:

  • This album is viewed by many to be the band’s peak.  It was certainly trues as far as chart position. It reached #2 on the UK chart and was their highest charting album.
  • Stargazer – Issue #24 – June, 1981
    • The outer sleeve is chronic, there are very few artists in the sci-fi field doing anything decent, and Gillan used the best, Chris Foss, for ‘Clear Air Turbulence’. The album itself didn’t live up to expectations. There seems to be a lack of musical ideas, reusing from previous albums, which are wearing a bit thin. ‘Ballad Of The Lucitania Express’ is the worst example. Much of the album sounds too rushed, which is a pity because the enthusiasm is there – one snatch of ‘No Laughing In Heaven’ shows that. Some of the tracks sound like Ian was suffering when he recorded them; such as on ‘If I Sing Softly’ and ‘Don’t Want The Truth’, both of which have a lot going for them. For my money the best cut of all is the last; ‘For Your Dreams’. It has a much more thought out feel to it, and begins to bring together Colin’s ideas and Ian’s vocal range successfully. Overall I feel Ian has let the album run away with itself, and ‘Glory Road’ seems (especially the American version with rearranged track order) much stronger.
  • Bernie would leave the band while on the road supporting the album and was replaced by Jannick Gers who finished the tour.

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Episode #166 – BBC Sessions (June, 1969)

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Mark 1 performed on the Sounds Like Tony Brandon Show session which recorded at BBC’s studio 4 Maida Vale.

  1. “The Painter” (BBC Sounds Like Tony Brandon Show Session – 24 June 1969)
    • Version 1
    • At this point “The Painter” is showing up as reworking of what we heard in the last episode titled “Hey Bop A Re Bop” with rewritten lyrics.
  2. “Laléna” (BBC Sounds Like Tony Brandon Show Session – 24 June 1969)
    • They also played “I’m So Glad” during the episode but that recording is missing.

At this point the band had already signed Gillan and Glover but Simper and Evans had not been given notice yet when they appeared on BBC’s Chris Grant’s Tasty Pop Sundae show at Aeolian Hall, Studio 2.

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  1. “The Painter” (BBC Chris Grant’s Tasty Pop Sundae Session – 30 June 1969)
    • Version 2
  2. “I’m So Glad” (BBC Chris Grant’s Tasty Pop Sundae Session – 30 June 1969)
  3. “Hush” (BBC Chris Grant’s Tasty Pop Sundae Session – 30 June 1969)
    • Version Four

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Episode #165 – The Father’s Day Special

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Whitesnake Live in Illinois September 1, 2022!

  • Live at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, IL.
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Young Nate and dad.
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  • Lazy from Live in Denmark 1972
    • From the video around the 44:30 mark.
Baby John and Pops.

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  • Highway Star from Made in Japan.

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Episode #163 – Remembering Ray Fenwick

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Tracks:

The Syndicats – Crawdaddy Simone

Ray Fenwick – Stateside

Murgatroyd Band – Magpie Theme

Spencer Davis Group – The Screw?

Jon Lord – Windows

Roger Glover and Guests – Butterfly Ball – Fly Away

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Eddie Hardin – Money to Burn

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Ian Gillan Band – Scarabus Promo Video

Ray Fenwick – Queen of the Night

Forcefield – Hit and Run from Forcefield III: To Oz and Back

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Episode #162 – Fandango (1977)

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    Personnel:

    • Bass, Vocals – Bob Danyls
      • Most credits are from Fandango.
      • Did play on a Brian Connolly (from The Sweet) album:”Hypnotized.”
    • Drums – Abe Speller
    • Guitar, Lead Vocals – Joe Lynn Turner
      • Guitar, Vocals – Rick Blakemore
        • Went on to have writing credits on JLT albums, Alkatrazz, Ted Nugent, and Girlschool.
      • Keyboards, Vocals – Denny LaRue*
        • Also went on to have writing credits with Ted Nugent and others.
      • Piano, Clavinet, Synthesizer, Organ – Joe Delia
        • http://www.joedeliamusic.com/
        • Lots of credits on Discogs including being in Stevie Wonder’s band as well as The Isley Brothers and playing with Buster Pointdexter.
        • Also worked on music for movies.

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      Technical:

      Album Art & Booklet Review

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        • Only credit is for Fandango logo.

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      1. Shadow Boxing (LaRue, Blakemore)
      2. Helpless Heart (Meyers, Denny LaRue, Blakemore)
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      Episode #161 – The Maze (M.I. Five)

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      • Ian Paice started having an interest in drums at the age of 14. On his 15th birthday he was given his first drum kit by his father.
      • After becoming proficient he started getting his first paid gigs working with his father for £3 a night.
      • Soon after that Paice joined his first rock group, Georgie and The Rave Ons playing in the Oxford area.
      • In mid-1965 the band changed their name to The Shindigs.  From deep-purple.net:
        • “They comprised Johnny Bosher on bass, Brian Nelson (no-one can remember what he did!), Ian and Stuart Forrest on lead and rhythm guitars, plus George (Georgie, the band’s namesake) Adams on vocals.”
      • Rod Evans began in a band called The Horizons based in Slough. From deep-purple.net:
        • “ . . . that included among its ranks Lenny Hawkes, later Chip Hawkes of The Tremeloes, on bass guitar.”
      • The band traveled around playing Hamburg and made very little in pay.  Mick Angus says they’d eat at cafes then run out to skip the bills because they didn’t have the money to pay.
      • At this time Rod Evans was doing modeling on the side to make some extra money.
      • The Horizons never recorded anything but toured around doing covers.  After some 1965 tours they broke up.  Their drummer wasn’t able to play in Hamburg for not being old enough so they had John Kerrison fill in who would later go on to be the drummer in Episode Six.
      • M.I. Five began in 1965 when Rod Evans joined a band called The Jumping Jimmy Band.
      • At some point, unclear when, this band changed its name to M.I. Five.
      • Paice’s band The Shindigs ended up playing gigs in support of M.I. Five fronted by Rod Evans.
      • Mick Angus says of Rod: “He used to be a big Cliff Bennett fan. He modelled his style on Bennet and Allan Clark of The Mollies.”
      • M.I. Five’s drummer quit and they began looking for a replacement and found one in Ian Paice.
      • Paice thought M.I. Five was a more professional band so he left The Shindigs to join them.
      • It was at this point that M.I. Five turned professional.
      • Paice moved in with Chris Banham’s family.

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      • Rod Evans – vocals
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      • Eric ‘Jack’ Keene – bass
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      • In 1966 the band cut their first single “You’ll Never Stop Me Loving You. which came out in September on Parolophone and was recorded on a single track machine.
      • In October or November of 1966 they changed their name to The Maze.  There was an American band with the same name that are unrelated.
      • They they worked on their second single “Hello Stranger” which was recorded for Robert Stigwood’s label Reaction.
      • This was recorded in December of 1966.
      • After this single release The Maze started playing more German gigs and eventually ended up in Italy as a live backing for a musical of the Arcnold Wesker play “Chips with Everything.” This was performed at The Piccolo Teatro in Milan, Italy.
      • They were hidden away from the audience and Paice said the band never saw the audience once.
      • They went into the studio and recorded an extremely rare Italian only single while they were there. This was intended to be a promotion for the stage production.  The two tracks were written by the play’s producers and they aired on local television.

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      • The band then headed to France to record a very rare French EP live in the studio.
      • Paice: “On the boat trip over I met this guy called Ritchie Blackmore who was on his way to Hamburg”, says Ian Paice. “I’d heard about him, what a great guitar player he was supposed to be, and we had a talk but that was all… never thought anything about it but after the job in Milan, The Maze got a three week booking at the Star Club in Hamburg and we met again.” 
      • Blackmore caught Paice live and offered him a drumming gig but Paice had to turn it down because The Maze were making money at this point.
      • The Maze’s last single was released on December 6, 1967.  It was the ballad “Cateri Cateri.”
      • After this the band wasn’t seeing much success from its singles.
      • Rod Evans was the first to leave.  He heard about a singing gig from Mick Angus advertised in Melody Maker and he replied to it.
      • When he got the job Ritchie asked Ian what he was going to do when The Maze broke up.  Ian said he went to the rehearsal when their original drummer, Bobby Woodman, wasn’t around and it was agreed that he’d join the band as well.
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